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Travel Update: Travel Portals Looking at Models Beyond Ticketing as Margins Dwindle. A Birds Eye View of Online Travel in India and Insights on the Future
Firstly I don’t think many of the ‘travel’ portals that mainly sell tickets can be considered as ‘travel’ portals anyway. They are ticketing portals. Or rather they were. Some of them are changing their business models to grow beyond their existing revenue sources.
At a recent summit I spoke to Amitabh Pandey, the head of [...]
Are we ready for Travel 2.0 ?
Travel planning and booking on the web are among the most popular online activities and online travel sales are growing at an explosive rate in India.Online travel in India is expected to double by 2008, reaching a value of $2 billion. Some 65 per cent of the online travel market will then be controlled by [...]
Travel + Web 2.0 = Success?
It wouldn’t be wrong if last year was called the year of the travel portals. As more than a dozen travel portals were launched and almost half a dozen got funded.
Among all the travel portals the ones like Yatra, Makemytrip, Travelguru, Cleartrip and Ezeego1 have a lot of muscle power due to the funding and backing [...]
Nurun to redefine makemytrip.com
India’s leading online travel company Makemytrip.com has roped in Nurun inc to redefine its online brand. Nurun Inc is a subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc. a global company which strategizes executes, and measures interactive programs that use new technologies.
According to a press release experts at Nurun said that the new look and feel of the [...]